A Unique Beast Is Back on the Market!

The Squier Vintage Modified 6-String Bass VI puts one the most unique electric guitars of all time in your hands. And you'll probably find it way more playable than anything you'll find on the vintage market! With this release, Squier resurrects a rare baritone guitar that is designed to play one octave below standard guitar tuning. It follows all the design specs of the original Fender Bass VI, and adds a few modern touches that you'll find helpful as a contemporary player.

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Original Design Specs -- With Some Key Updates

The basswood body on the Squier Vintage Modified Bass VI is finished with a classic polyurethane gloss, channelling a vintage look. The maple neck is carved into a modern "C" shape that most players find faster and more comfortable than the older Fender necks. It is set with 21 medium jumbo frets and a rosewood fingerboard, with a 9.5-inch radius. All frets are open accessible and playable. Pearloid block inlays appear on 9 frets.

Unique Pickup Design Yields Many Tonal Possibilities

You'll find that the electronics on the Squier Vintage Modified Bass VI faithfully recreate the sound and appearance of the original single-coil designs. On this instrument, you'll be playing Custom Jaguar Single-Coils in the Bridge and Neck positions, and a reverse-wound/reverse-polarity pickup in the Middle position. Each pickup is turned on or off via one of three corresponding slide switches. A fourth switch in this series engages a tone circuit for further range of sound.

Period-Accurate Hardware Details

Distinctive hardware on the Squier Vintage Modified Bass VI includes a 6-Saddle vintage-style bridge with a non-locking floating vibrato. Vintage-style tuning machines keep with the classic styling on the rest of this instrument. The three-ply pickguard looks super-cool, too.

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Product Description

Squier brings you the welcome return of a long vanished Fender classic in the deeply satisfying form of the Vintage Modified Bass VI six-string bass. The original model of 1961-1975 has provided distinctively voiced low end for everyone from the Beatles to the Black Keys, Cream to the Cure, and many others. The Vintage Modified Bass VI delivers authentically vintage-style look and tone, with a few modern touches such as a comfortable "modern C" neck profile and 9.5" fingerboard radius (the originals were 7.25"), and three custom Jaguar single-coil pickups with notched "claw" shielding rings (reverse-wound/ reverse-polarity middle pickup).

Both guitar and bass players are covered with the Vintage Modified Bass VI, especially considering its price tag and the bang for the buck you get. Oldies and Fender Custom Shop versions of this model aren't as kind to your wallet as this Squier 6-string and this Bass VI is easily one of the most versatile instruments I've owned in years. Spaghetti Western? Nails it. Tic-Tac bass? Got it. Dreamy shoegaze? You betcha. Fuzzy surf rock? Totally! Definitely an awesome addition to any player's collection.

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"Well Worth The Wait"

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After waiting months to get this instrument, I am extremely happy with the quality of workmanship. The neck (once adjusted) is excellent. No dead spots. Fretwork perfect, no sharp edges, leveled and crowned properly! Plays like a dream! This is rare these days, especially on a low cost guitar. The fret work is far superior to two American made Gibsons that I own! Nut is cheap material but cut well and doesn't bind with trem use. The sunburst finish is very nice, which surprised me considering complaints I had read. Nice grain and a birdseye. The pickups sound great (and no noise!) and the electronics seem fine. Acoustically, it is very loud with a rich tone. Tuning heads hold tune and work smoothly. I will replace the impossibly crappy bridge and trem arm/collet with Staytrem parts, and the strings with LaBella flats. With these upgrades, this will be a fine, professional quality instrument. I've been coveting one of these for over 40 years (yeah, I'm old). I am very happy with this one! Thanks zZounds!

Overall:
It was a blemished item at a discounted price. However the blemishes were so small that it took a couple of days to find them. I had to set up the action some because the low string buzzed. The grooves in the bridge had to filed to a deeper groove to prevent the strings from jumping out of the bridge while playing the bass. I also had to cut down the screws on each bridge adjustment because the screws were in the way of the strings. Overall I am very pleased with the bass. It plays and sounds great after the modifications. Great value!

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